The Cabinet Mission, which arrived in India in March 1946, proposed a plan for the formation of a Constituent Assembly to draft the Constitution of India. The proposals included the method of election for the members of the Assembly and the basic framework for its composition, ensuring representation from British Indian Provinces and Princely States.
Under which of the following the Constituent Assembly of India was constituted ?
Asked in UKPSC CS Prelims 2012 · Topic: Constituent Assembly and Making of the Constitution (Demand for a Constituent Assembly (historical context, Cabinet Mission Plan))
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Answer: C. Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946
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